Wives and Daughters (1999)

Wives and Daughters is a 1999 four part BBC serial adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. It focuses on Molly Gibson, the daughter of the town doctor, and the changes that occur in her life after her widowed father chooses to remarry. The union brings into her once-quiet life an ever-proper stepmother and flirtatious stepsister, Cynthia, while a friendship with the local squire brings about an unexpected romance.

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Justine Waddell

Justine Waddell

as Molly Gibson

as Lady Harriet Cumnor

as Cynthia Kirkpatrick

as Miss Browning

as Roger Hamley

Francesca Annis

Francesca Annis

as Hyacinth Gibson

as Squire Hamley

as Osborne Hamley

Deborah Findlay

Deborah Findlay

Penelope Wilton

Penelope Wilton

as Lizzie Goodenough

Richard Dempsey

Richard Dempsey

Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

as Mrs. Goodenough

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

Episode 1
1x2

Episode 2
1x3

Episode 3
1x4

Episode 4
1x5

Episode 5
1x6

Episode 6

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